Touch the Top of the World

Adventurous tale telling the true story of American Erik Weihenmayer, a blind adventurer and mountaineer who climbed the so-called Seven Summits, the tallest peaks on every continent. He has scaled the 3,000 foot rock face of El Capitan, skied down the tallest peak in Europe, and guided blind Tibetan teenagers to 21,500 feet on the north side of Mount Everest.

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY -PG13

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The film is based on the French novel, “Le scaphandre et le papillon” by Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes his life after suffering a stroke at the age of 42 that left him with a condition called locked-in syndrome, leaving his only means of communication as blinking his left eyelid (the only part not paralyzed).

SOUND AND FURY –

A loving family is torn apart by a medical technology which promises to end deafness.
Sound and Fury takes viewers inside the seldom seen world of the deaf to witness a painful family struggle over a controversial medical technology called the cochlear implant. Some family members celebrate the implant as a long overdue cure for deafness while others fear it will destroy their language and way of life. This feature documentary explores this seemingly irreconcilable conflict as it illuminates the ongoing struggle for identity among deaf people today.
Best Documentary Feature Nomination, 2001 Academy Awards

IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY – PG13

In this New York City-set comedy-drama, 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist), stressed out from the demands of being a teenager, checks himself into a mental health clinic. There he learns that the youth ward is closed – and finds himself stuck in the adult ward. One of the patients, Bobby (Zach Galifianakis), soon becomes both Craig’s mentor and protégé. Craig is also drawn to another 16-year-old, Noelle (Emma Roberts). With a minimum five days’ stay imposed on him, Craig is sustained by friendships on both the inside and the outside as he learns more about life, love, and the pressures of growing up.